Five Marshall Scholars elected to federal and state office across the United States
Jocelyn Benson (Marshall Scholar 1999) has been elected Governor of Michigan, and Brad Lander (Marshall Scholar 1991), has been elected to represent New York’s Tenth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. They join five fellow Marshall Scholars in winning election to public office this November.
The Association of Marshall Scholars congratulates Benson and Lander alongside Gabe Amo (Marshall Scholar 2010) reelected to Congress from Rhode Island’s First District; Rachel May (Marshall Scholar 1978) reelected to the New York State Senate; and Art Haywood (Marshall Scholar 1979) reelected to the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Benson will bring her experience as Michigan’s Secretary of State to the governor’s office. As a Marshall Scholar, she studied sociology at the University of Oxford before pursuing a career spanning law, education and public service.
Lander will enter Congress following service as New York City Comptroller and a member of the New York City Council. He studied social anthropology at University College London as a Marshall Scholar. In Washington, he will join Congressman Gabe Amo, who first won election for the First District in Rhode Island in November 2023.
May and Haywood will continue their service in state legislatures, representing New York’s Forty-Eighth Senate District and Pennsylvania’s Fourth Senate District, respectively. As Marshall Scholars, May studied Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Oxford, while Haywood studied politics at the London School of Economics.
About the Association of Marshall Scholars
The Association of Marshall Scholars works to strengthen US-UK ties and also the Marshall Scholarship. The transatlantic alliance has historically served as a lynchpin for liberal democracy, prosperity, and global peace. A valuable thread of this relationship has been the Marshall Scholarship, an educational program strengthening international exchange and advancement in nearly every field of human endeavor.
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